[SheLion]

Some of the revenues collected was to go to smoking cessation education and health care of the uninsured;none being allocated to general revenue. Blah blah blah, you know the drill.

Did voters reject another tax even though they have distaste for smokers? Did they not trust the state to spend the money wisely?

LOL! Spend the money wisely?  Wisely?? Where did all that tax money from smokers go since the Tobacco Settlement came about?

That money WAS supposed to be spent for health care and uninsured sick smokers should there be any.  So, where did the billions in cigarette money go that they need another raise in the tax?

I know where it went in Mass and Maine!  What is it being spent on in Missouri?????

[erikm88]

I know for a fact that some of it went to the the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE). I worked for a state agency at the time the money was being doled out, and my bosses were putting together technical proposals for network designs and what not (I worked for a non-profit statewide Internet Service Provider). I asked where we were getting funding and he said that we're getting part of the tobacco settlement....

How do you like them apples??

[LSAggie]

Where did all that tax money from smokers go since the Tobacco Settlement came about?What is it being spent on in Missouri?????

In Missouri, it is just being used to balence the state budget.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!